Special investigation: Britain's most senior police officer sparked a row last week when he claimed criminals were using asylum to travel around the world. Here we assess if the figures stack up - and show how the different gangs work.

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As a bassoon-playing professor of medical ethics, Alexander McCall Smith was no stranger to success, but a series of novels about a female Botswanan detective has shot the quiet Scot to fame across the Atlantic.

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